I was awakened at 5:46 this morning by the sound of children chanting. I kind of rolled out of bed and looked outside, and there was a whole line of kids marching southeast, towards the center of town. They were singing some kind of song, and they all looked tired and bored.
About an hour and half later, the community announcement system clicked on with a “Good Morning West Futami!” message, giving details about the matsuri festival today. People are pretty excited about it, I guess. The community message came on again ten minutes later, and then ten minutes after that. Weird.
Sara called this morning, and we chatted for a while. She’s hoping to visit in February, so hopefully that will work out.
I’m doing some housecleaning today, and then later on in the afternoon I’m off to the festival.
